Fire has engulfed a Shanghai high-rise, killing at least eight people and sending billowing plumes of black smoke over the city, state media and officials said.

Webmaster's Commentary:

"Wow! Look at that fire. much more involved than those piddly-ass fires ion WTC-7. That steel-framed baby gonna come down any second, just like the World Trade buildings. Any second. Any second... Gonna come right down......... any moment............ Let's go get a beer or something."